Hanger for shade-rollers



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J. W. CRIG'LER.

v Y EANGEB. PoR SHADE ROLLERS.

No. 576,951. Patented Feb 9,1897.

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1 1 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JULIUS IV. ORIGLER, OF BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS.

HANGER FOR SHADE-ROLLERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 576,951, dated February 9, 1897.

Application led August 3, 1896.

To @ZZ whom, t may concern/f Be it known that I, J ULIUs W. CRIGLER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bloomington, in the county ot"4 McLean and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hangers for Shade-Rollers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specication.

My invention' relates to hangers for shaderollers which are secured to the upper sash ot' a window so as to move therewith, so that when the sash is lowered the shade may be let down and yet not interfere with the free ventilation of the room.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved construction of shade-han ger which shall possess superior advantages with respect to eiciency in use.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the upper part of the upper sash, showing my improvements applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a similar view looking from the rear. Figs. 3 and at are detail sectional views.

In the said drawings the reference-numeral 1 designates the upper rail of the upper sash of a window, to which is secured near each end a bracket 2, bent at right angles, forming avertical portion 3, which is secured to said rail, and an outwardly-extending horizontal portion 4, which engages with the inwardlyturned ilanges 5 ot the horizontal portion 6 of an angular extensible bracket 7. In the upper ends of the vertical portions 6 of these brackets are made two parallel slits forming three arms, a central one 7 and two end arms S. The said central arm 7a is formed with a shoulder or bent at its junction with the portion 6, so that it will be in a diierent plane from the side or end arms 8, so that a hangerbar, hereinafter described, may be passed therebetween. The extremities of the said arms are bent inwardly and downwardly, forming lugs which engage with the upper Serial No. 601,521. (No model.)

edges of the hanger-bars, and the central arms 7 l are provided on the inner sides with a projection 9.

Thenumeral l0 designates the hanger-bars, having their ends bent outwardly at right angles and formed, respectively, with the usual slot and hole to receive the journals of the shade-rollers. One ot' these bars at its inner end is formed with inwardly-turned iianges 12, forming guideways wit-hin which the inner end of the other bar works, and said bars are formed on their .rear sides with depressions 13, coinciding'with the projections on the arms '7a.

The manner of using the device will be readily understood. The brackets 2 are secured to the upper rail of the sash near the ends thereof and the brackets 6 adjusted by sliding them in or out, so that the shade when the sash is lowered will pass by the lower sash. The hanger-bars are then passed between the central and side arms at the upper ends of the bracket 6 and adjusted laterally to accommodate them to the length of the shaderoller by sliding them in or out upon each other, the projections in the central arms 7 engaging with the depressions 13, so that they will be securely held in their adjusted positions, yet the resiliency of the arms allowing the projections to be disengaged from the depressions to allow the bars to slide in and-out.

A shade-hanger constructed as above described can be produced very economically, as the parts can be stamped out of sheet metal, and bysecuring them to the upper sash the shades will move therewith when the sash is lowered. be opened at the top, allowing a free entrance of air, while the shade can be drawn or low ered without any liability of the latter being broken or injured by the wind, as is the case in the ordinary shades when lowered and the upper sash opened.

lVhile I prefer to make the device of sheet metal on account of economy it may be cast or otherwise produced or made of wood, if desired.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim is 1. In ashade-hanger, the combination with the angular brackets adapted to be secured to a window-sash, of the extensible angular By this means the window can brackets connected therewith, the three vertical arms at the upper ends thereof, the central one of which is formed With a bend, so that it Will be in a dierent plane from the other two, and the ends oi'l said arms being bent or curved inwardly forming Ways, and the overlapping adjustable han ger-bars, seated in said Ways, substantially as described.

2. In a shade-hanger, the combination with the angular brackets adapted to be secured to a Window-sash, of the angular extensible brackets having inwardly-turned flanges engaging therewith, the arms in different planes at the upper ends of said extensible brackets,

and one of said arms of each bracket 4formed with a projection, the overlapping adjustable hanger-bars, having depressions coinciding With said projections and one of said bars formed with flanges overlapping the other bar, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JULIUS W. CRIGLER.

IVitnesses:

JOHN L. TAPLEY, JAMES C. CREAe-ER. 

